probably trying to make smith feel better. here is jim today. >> you have two quarterbacks that are playing at a very high level. both have a hot hand. in the biggest -- biggest reason is so our players aren't all pressured to, you know, who is it, everybody hammering them for the information. so i think in my mind that is the way we will go. >> he is doing it for the team. wednesday he will do it. bad time for raider followers. carson palmer returned to cincinnati and got booed and got knocked down four times. threw for 146 yards. the raiders are now 3-8. they were down 24-0. finished 34-10. there was a fight at the end. hitting helmets and pads. here is dennis allen. >> you can't spot a team 24 points and then say, you know, we are going a come back now. and we got to learn that lesson. we got to understand that. when you go on a road in a tough environment you got to start fast, take the crowd out of the football game and we weren't able to do that yesterday. >> all right. thank you. i will say i am distracted. you know how